wine review
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“A Matter of Responsibility” (a Pair of Josetta Saffirio Recent Releases)
“To make wine is a matter of responsibility.” Josetta Saffirio‘s 5th-generation vintner Sara Vezza has one of those life outlooks that might only be possible in places like Barolo. The kind of outlook that balance the contemporary and the historic; the kind that seemingly sprouts…
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A Room of One’s Own-Rooted (Nicolas-Jay’s 2022 Standout Pinot)
I don’t get an opportunity to highlight items from the sample pool here on these virtual pages as much as I would like these days (reason: toddler). But I am putting in ye ol’ college try to do so for this one. I might also…
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HEY STELLA!!!! (Tenuta Stella Recent Releases)
HEY STELLA!!!! So… turns out that line is a lot more fun to yell at your laptop screen before a Zoom tasting than it is to explain afterwards to your family, who just kind of stare at you instead of responding with the only appropriate…
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On the Edge (Tenute Tomasella Recent Releases)
Tenute Tomasella—the 2nd generation, family-run winery located in Italy’s Mansuè that’s coming up on its 60th anniversary—has edgy wines. And I mean that both figuratively and literally. Farming about 50 hectares between Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, they are located on the literal edge of two…
